This grade of baled scrap metal is also comparable with the auto industry bales produced by the 3 big car manufacturers based in Detroit. In fact, the origin of this kind of baled product can be traced to Detroit, USA. In any manufacturing industry (especially automotive industry) where sheet metal is used to form and fabricate; off-cuts and cuttings are bound to be a residue. However, this sheet metal is light and the scrap arisings are too irregular in shape to be put into furnace directly. Hence, most industries will undertake a baling process to bale their sheet scrap arisings before being sold in the market.
In terms of quality, yield and residue; this is the best grade of scrap metal that could be used by any steel melting unit. It is even better than shredded scrap because of its purity. The bale size can vary from 300 mm cube going up to 1000mm cube depending on the origin. This quality of DS Metals conforms to ISRI 208/235.
(Mild Steel Shavings, Cast Iron Borings, Briquetted – cast briquettes and shaving briquettes)
Going by the nomenclature, this kind of scrap is low-yielding and leaves a high residue when melted. Obviously the price has to be cheaper and must discount for the poor yield that this kind of scrap generally gives. DS Metals has 4 grades of scrap in this category – Loose Mild Steel Shavings & Chips; Briquetted Mild Steel Shavings & Chips; Loose Cast Iron Borings; Briquetted Cast Iron Borings.
In any industrial unit using lathe machines, metal steel shavings and chips are generated. Generally this kind of scrap will only be found in industrialized countries. Though chemically the scrap is perfect for re-melting, yet given the minute size of each shaving or chip; the presence of industrial coolants and the possibility of high impurities due to double handling restricts its marketability and end-use. In some countries, this scrap is also briquetted by using state-of-the-art machines and during the briquetting process, impurities and coolants are attempted to be removed; thereby improving the quality of the scrap so briquetted.
Being innovative, DS Metals packs the loose shavings and chips in Jumbo bags, so as to minimize the unwanted contents of this scrap and reduce wastage in double handling. Photographs of loose as well as baled products are given below. In terms of cargo mass, both loose (in jumbo bags) and briquetted can yield a mass of 25 tons in a 20 feet container.
Identical to mild steel shavings and chips, industries also generate borings of cast iron. Mild steel and cast iron are used differently by different steel melting units. Hence, DS Metals endeavours to supply these two grades separately in containers so as to not give the wrong product to the wrong buyer.
Cast Iron borings in loose form are packed in jumbo bags. These can also be briquetted just like the mild steel shavings and chips. Otherwise, for all practical purposes, both the products are identical as can be evident from the photographs given below.
